tights

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls

2. 2
   noun

   A close-fitting, sheer or non-sheer skin-tight garment worn principally by women and girls that covers the body completely from the waist down, usually including the feet.

3. 3
   noun

   A similar, non-sheer garment worn by dancers of either sex, especially by ballet dancers.

4. 4
   noun

   A garment, similar to briefs, worn chiefly by professional wrestlers.

5. 5
   noun

   In blasting rock, a piece of unbroken rock within the pay limit of a blast.

Etymology

From tight + -s.